CVE-2002-1336 (GCVE-0-2002-1336)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-09-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 03:19
VLAI
Summary
TightVNC before 1.2.6 generates the same challenge string for multiple connections, which allows remote attackers to bypass VNC authentication by sniffing the challenge and response of other users.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-287.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102753170201524&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-041.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?n… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
http://www.tightvnc.com/WhatsNew.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102769183913594&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5296 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2002-07-26 00:00
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